All of the people in my young life were living from what I now call a "Western Mind." As a result the only time anyone used the word "Karma" was in the context of negative experiences generated by someone's choice(s). Most western religions were also teaching that we are born sinful and have to redeemed or saved in order to be a member of the family of God, whom I now call Divine Love. I never quite grasped how anyone could hold a newborn child and believe that child was starting life separated from its Creator, Who had to love that infant more than even a parent's heart and mind could grasp. I came into this life with a desire to explore these things more deeply and to be open to spiritual teachers from different belief systems or religions. Satisfying these burning desires has brought me to a Spiritual practice that feeds my Soul and that invites me to live from my True Self - a spiritual being currently having a human experience. This very simple definition of Karma that I learned f...